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PHOTOGRAVURES 



OF THE 



Trans-Mississippi and 

International Exposition 



HtLD AT 



OMAHA, NEBRASKA 
JUNE 1st TO NOVEMBER 1st, 1595 



PUBLISHED BY 

F. A. R1NEHART, Official Photographer. 



" expositions are flash Eight Photographs illustrating the World's Progress/' 




OON the Trans-Mississippi Exposition will have passed into history, renowned as the most 
successful undertaking in the annals of the Great West. No other Exposition had adequately 
displayed the resources and products of the Western States and Territories, nor had the arts, 
industries and civilization of this vast region found fitting illustration in the Expositions of recent years. 
It remained for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1 898 to give to the world the first true measure of 
progress attained. It was an artistic, industrial and financial triumph, 

Omaha's long-cherished idea of building a Western Exposition first found unanimous expression in 
the fall of J 895 at a meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, composed of delegates from 
Western and Southern States. Leading citizens at once took hold of the project with great energy and 
earnestness. A corporation was organized, directors elected, officers appointed, plans adopted and funds 
raised. By December, 1896, all departments were in working order. The Congress of the United 
States and Legislatures of various States were appealed to for recognition and support. The federal 
government contributed $200,000, covering cost of building and exhibit, and $40,000 to defray the expenses 
of the Ethnological exhibit, consisting of an assembly of many Indian tribes. The State of Nebraska 
appropriated $100,000; Illinois appropriated $45,000; Iowa, $35,000; Montana, $30,000; Kansas, 



$30,000; Minnesota, $20,000; Wisconsin, $16,000; Georgia, $10,000, and other States contributed or 
appropriated sums adequate for representation in State buildings or in the collective exhibits. Omaha and 
Douglas County contributed $150,000, while the railroad corporations and citizens of Omaha donated 
money or paid stock subscriptions to the amount of $450,000. It is estimated that over $3,000,000,. were 
expended in promoting and building the Exposition, which opened its gates June 1, 1898, and closed 
November 1, 1898. The area of the grounds was nearly 200 acres. Thirty-three states and three terri- 
tories, Mexico, Hawaii and Canada were represented in the exhibits. 

In transcendent beauty of architecture, landscape effects and plan of design, in character, scope and 
multiplicity of exhibits and in the high degree of success which attended the labors of its managers, the 
Trans-Mississippi Exposition ranks among the great achievements of the age. 

This volume contains 64 views in photogravure portraying with fidelity the indescribable 
splendors of the Exposition. 

Published by 

F. A. RINEHART, Official Photographer. 




COPYRIGHT 1896 BY F. A. RINEHART. 



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OPENING DAY, JUNE 1. 1S98. 




COPYRIGHT 1808 BY P A. R1NEHART. 



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COPYRIGHT 1896 By P A. R1NEHABT. 



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SCENE IN STREETS OF ALL NATIONS. 




COPYRIGHT 1898 BY P. A. R1NEHART. 



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COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F, A. RINEHART- 



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COPYRIGHT 1898 BY F, A. HINEHART. 



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